Date of Birth: 69 BC City and Empire of birth: Alexandria, Egypt Date of Death: August of 30 BC ; Cause of Death : suicide Famous Family Members (if any): Ptolemy, Ptolemy XIV, Cleopatra I--VI, (all other Ptolemys, also), Julius Caesar, Mark Antony
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Cleopatra shared the throne with her younger brother-husband, Ptolemy XIII.
Her family, the former Cleopatras, ruled Egypt for more than 100 years before Cleopatra VII became pharaoh in .
The stories and myths regarding Cleopatra’s life inspired many books, movies, and plays. This includes the play by William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet (also as originated from/to Antony and Cleopatra).
Mark Antony killed himself after hearing a false report that Cleopatra was dead. Cleopatra later found out Antony had died, and therefore committed suicide in 30 BC using the poisonous snake asp.
Cleopatra was the last pharaoh of the Macedonian dynasty.
She had no Egyptian blood running through her veins.
B y : Jakob Gage Michael McKee
Date of Birth: 69 BC
City and Empire of birth: Alexandria, Egypt
Date of Death: August of 30 BC ; Cause of Death : suicide
Famous Family Members (if any): Ptolemy, Ptolemy XIV, Cleopatra I--VI, (all other Ptolemys, also), Julius Caesar, Mark Antony
List any significant historical events this individual participated in AND his/her role in these events:
Cleopatra shared the throne with her younger brother-husband, Ptolemy XIII.
Her family, the former Cleopatras, ruled Egypt for more than 100 years before Cleopatra VII became pharaoh in .
The stories and myths regarding Cleopatra’s life inspired many books, movies, and plays. This includes the play by William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet (also as originated from/to Antony and Cleopatra).
Mark Antony killed himself after hearing a false report that Cleopatra was dead. Cleopatra later found out Antony had died, and therefore committed suicide in 30 BC using the poisonous snake asp.
Cleopatra was the last pharaoh of the Macedonian dynasty.
She had no Egyptian blood running through her veins.
Why should future students learn about this individual?:
Queen Cleopatra's story can teach people the many ways of life in ancient times and what they had to do survive it.
She shows that people can also be so attached to someone or something that they would be willing to risk their life for it.
This story is credited by many people from the times around 30 BC all the way up to now in 2010 AD. As I compared a few passages I had read a long while ago to the ones I used for this file, I noticed that they are not much different from each other. Therefore showing that these for stories must be reliable resources.
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http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/121230/Cleopatra info
http://www.nndb.com/people/419/000086161/ info